Harry Potter and the Legend of the Temple

"The last lot in this auction will be the boundary stone of Gunter's old house."

"Gaunt, as a direct descendant of Slytherin from Hogwarts College, has always been a famous presence in the wizarding world. However, his practice of marrying close relatives in order to maintain the purity of his bloodline has caused the gradual decline of this powerful family."

"In the end, a murderous case was triggered. According to rumors, Morfin Gaunt, the sole heir of the Gaunt family at the time, deliberately killed Riddle, a well-known local Muggle family. The Muggle police were surprised by this, because the Riddle family had no trace of anyone. Any scars.”

The wizarding families are whispering that this history has actually been widely circulated. It is obvious that Morfin used the killing curse.

The Gaunt family itself has a deep hatred and disgust for Muggles, not to mention the news that Morfin's only sister eloped with Marvolo Riddle spread throughout the town. To say that their family is not Morfin's. Kill outsiders will never believe it.

"When the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic found Morfin Gaunt, the Gaunt mansion had already suffered a lot of damage, and the suspect was unconscious at the scene." Milia told it calmly, as if she was just stating a story at that time. case.

"You should have heard it, Louis."

"Typical Voldemort's method." Louis spread his hands and offered one-stop service for murder and frame-up.

"However, they didn't suspect why the murderer didn't run away but passed out in his own home?"

"This involves Morfin's past." Dumbledore said, "I will tell you this story later, because they have already started."

Dumbledore was naturally referring to the bidding. Lewis found that although it was the finale, people were generally not as enthusiastic as the previous two.

"It seems that our chances are quite good." Dumbledore pushed up his old-fashioned glasses again.

The Gaunt ruins are filled with a lot of uncertainties. Since the Aurors did not search the ruins of the mansion after Morfin was taken away, the treasures of the Gaunt family are buried there at the moment.

However, if you want to get the treasure, you have to pay a price. Those clan leaders are quite rational. Some powerful wizards went deep here before but disappeared without a trace. None of them came out alive. The price they need to pay may be a bit beyond their imagination. .

"Tsk. They're just a bunch of cowards." Lucius Malfoy looked at the group of wizards in the stands with disdain for a long time, and then he was about to take pictures.

"boom!"

"VIP No. 1, bid thirty magic coins!"

Lucius' hand that was floating on the button stopped, and after a while, he slowly retracted it.

He knew that Dumbledore was probably the one who made such a bid for such a commodity, and since the old man had appeared at such an auction for the first time in the past few years, there must be something that attracted him and he would definitely get it.

Now it seems that there may be some secrets in the Gaunt Mansion that even a high-ranking figure like Dumbledore would be concerned about.

After the red light in VIP Room No. 1 turned on, the scene became silent again. After the last time he and the Greengrass family competed for the Mobius Circle, Dumbledore took action again.

However, this time he was generous and directly increased the price by ten magic coins!

No one dared to bid against Dumbledore (except Greengrass, who was eager to save his daughter). This white wizard was famous throughout the wizarding world, and his name was enough to intimidate these families.

Of course, when facing those upper-class wizarding families with peak wealth and power, they would not be afraid of Dumbledore, but most of them would give the old man face.

Therefore, until the end of the three bells, no one had any intention to bid. In fact, no matter how much money Lao Deng paid, no one would deliberately raise the price to oppose him.

Milia sighed. Although she was a Veela, as a member of Cliona's auction, she hoped that Dumbledore would come to increase their auction's popularity and attendance, but she also hoped that he would not come. , there will be no price drop for a single auction.

Dumbledore also knew this, so he deliberately raised the price by five thousand galleons.

"Dealed! Congratulations to VIP No. 1 for bidding on this item for thirty magic coins."

"Okay, it's almost over." Old Man Deng stood up slowly, "Let's go to the backstage to check out and get our things. We'll set off after a while."

"So soon?" Lewis didn't expect Dumbledore to be so impatient.

"Time waits for no one, Louis."

After the auction ended, people slowly walked outside. Like Hogwarts, a space barrier was set up to prevent wizards from apparating in and out.

However, customers in the private room have specific passages. Dumbledore took Louis to the bathroom at the back of the room and tapped the large mirror opposite the sink with his wand.

Suddenly, the mirror floated in circles like ripples, as if someone was controlling the mirror. Louis followed Dumbledore's footsteps, closed his eyes, and walked forward slowly.

However, the imagined collision did not happen. When Louis opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him was completely different.

In the tall and majestic meeting hall, wizards are constantly emerging from the surrounding walls. Some of them are walking around asking questions, and some are holding a series of documents in their hands. The busyness is comparable to that of the Ministry of Magic.

"Headmaster Dumbledore, Mr. Wiggins!"

Louis heard the familiar voice coming from behind, and when he turned his head, Mistraci, the president of the auction guild, had appeared beside them.

"You two, please come with me. Your auction items and income have been calculated." Mistraci looked extremely respectful, "Oh, by the way, one more thing, the seller of the Mobius Array. I want to see you, Headmaster Dumbledore."

"Sorry, Mistrac, please lead the way." Dumbledore didn't seem to refuse the seller's request.

The middle-aged president took the two of them to the second room on the left side of the meeting hall. Looking at Lewis's somewhat confused eyes, he explained:

"Here is the backstage of our auction. All sellers' sales appraisals, buyers' payments and the replacement of magic coins will be completed here." Mistrachi waved his magic wand and conjured two chairs for them. sit down.

"These are the proceeds from Mr. Wiggins' magic wolf potion. The total of forty magic coins converted into galleons is 20,000 galleons. They are all here." Mistrachi handed the two cards to Lewis.

"Gringotts Magic Crystal Cards, each representing ten thousand gold galleons, can be exchanged for cash at Gringotts Bank."

Louis looked at the two cards. There was a faint light shining on them, and the Gringotts logo was printed in the center. Below it was a moving portrait of a wizard. The man seemed to be staring at Louis with curious eyes.

The entire card was transparent. This was the first time Lewis had seen this kind of thing.

"As for Principal Dumbledore..."

Before Mistrachi could finish speaking, Dumbledore saw two boxes of gold coins conjured out of thin air, both of which were filled with gold galleons.

"Refreshing." Mistrachi likes wizards like Dumbledore who are decisive, although his existence does devalue the auction to a certain extent.

"Then this belongs to you, Mr. Principal." He handed a silver stone to Dumbledore's hand. Even Lewis could feel that it contained huge magical power.

"Albus Dumbledore, I really didn't expect to meet you here."

Suddenly, the door behind Mistrachi opened, and an old man about the same age as Dumbledore came out of the inner door.

"Ephias, it's you." Dumbledore seemed very happy, as if he had met an old friend he hadn't seen for many years.

"Another Hogwarts baby?" The old man seemed to notice Louis next to Dumbledore.

"Hello sir, I am Louis Wiggins, a second year student at Hogwarts."

"Doji, Effias Doji, just call me Mr. Dorji, kid." Dorji's tone was extremely amiable, and Louis noticed that this old man with some sparse hair seemed to have a particularly good personality.

"Doji was my Hogwarts classmate when I was young, but it's a pity that we didn't see each other much after graduation." Dumbledore's tone was slightly melancholy.

Lewis finally remembered the identity of Dorje. He remembered that after Dumbledore's death, he wrote an article in memory of Dumbledore as his friend. Later he told Harry about Dumbledore's past.

"Ephias, why are you here?"

"That's exactly what I want to say." Mistrach on the side was finally able to interject. He used his wand to fly out a stone disk-shaped object from the drawer.

"The Mobius Circle was originally bought by Mr. Greengrass today for 17,500 Galleons, but the seller later took it back with compensation."

"And Mr. Dorje is the owner of the magic circle, the seller who withdrew the lot."